Employee Relations Officer/Advisor (FTC)

Navantia UK require a Employee Relations Officer/Advisor on a FTC basis to join their dynamic team in Methil. The successful jobholder will play a critical role in The Employee Relations Advisor will play a crucial role in fostering a positive work environment within our unionised manufacturing facility. This position involves managing employee relations, addressing grievances, and ensuring compliance with UK labour laws and union agreements. The ideal candidate will have strong interpersonal skills, a deep understanding of UK labour relations, and the ability to navigate complex workplace dynamics.

The role will be key to also driving attendance, making sure managers are equipped to handle absence for all reasons and implementing strategies to improve our sickness absence metrics.

Key Responsibilities:

• Employee Relations: Serve as the primary point of contact for employee relations issues, including conflict resolution, grievance handling, and disciplinary actions.
• Union Liaison: Work closely with union representatives to maintain a collaborative relationship and address union-related employee relation concerns.
• Policy Implementation: Ensure company policies and procedures are consistently applied and comply with UK labour laws and union agreements.
• Training and Development: Conduct training sessions for managers and employees on labour relations, conflict resolution, and company policies.
• Investigations: Lead investigations into employee complaints and workplace incidents, ensuring thorough documentation and fair resolution.

• Education: Ideally CIPD Level5 or above.
• Experience: Demonstrable experience in delivering employee relations in a unionised manufacturing environment.
• Skills: Strong interpersonal and communication skills, mediation, conflict resolution, negotiation, and problem-solving abilities.
• Knowledge: In-depth understanding of UK labour laws, union agreements, and best practices in employee relations.

Equal Opportunity: We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. To ensure equal opportunities for all candidates, we commit to a fair and unbiased recruitment process at every stage. This includes ensuring hiring managers are aware of legislation, providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities, and actively seeking to eliminate any form of discrimination based on race, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. Our goal is to create a recruitment environment where every candidate feels valued and has an equal chance to succeed.

If you experience difficulties or are unable to apply for a role on-line please contact us at [email protected] and one of the team will be in contact to help you.

• FTC position
• Competitive salary
• Company pension
• Life assurance
• Opportunity to work on exciting projects

If you experience difficulties or are unable to apply for a role on-line please contact us at [email protected] and one of the team will be in contact to help you.